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Father Ganders Melodies 

FOR 

/T^otl^er Qoose’s Qrapdot^ildrep 


BY 

ADELAIDE F. SAMUELS 



ILLUSTRATED BY LILLIAN TRASK HARLOW 

. BOSTON 

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 


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LIBRftffv •>< CONGRESS 
Two Oooifts Received 




JUN 11 1904 




Copyright, 189 If,, 

By Roberts Brothers. 

Copyright, 190 If,, 

By Little, Brown, and Company. 


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John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A. 


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Introduction. 



My wife, good Mother Goose, 

Wrote many songs for you. 

As they Ve been long in use, 

I thought I ’d write some new. 

To please you she worked hard ; 

While writing them I fanned her. 
You liked those by a goose. 

May you like these by her gander 








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Father Gander’s Melodies. 



Round the world the sun and moon 
Are always playing “ peek-a-boo.” 

Down the sun goes; pretty soon 

The moon comes up with, “ I see you ! ” 
Up the sun comes in the morn, 

Making jewels of the dew. 

With, “ Bless me, all the stars are gone ! 
Ha, ha ! Old Moon, now I see you ! ” 


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FATHER GANDERS MELODIES. 



Out in the road 
I saw a green toad, 

And I said to him: “What do you there?” 
Said he, with a sigh, 

“ I Ve just lost a fly; 

And the worst of it is, you don’t care.” 


FATHER GANDEKS MELODIES, 


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If I were only rich, 

I know what I would do. 
I’d buy a horse, a cow, a pig, 
A hen and rooster, too. 


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FATHER GANDERS MELODIES. 


I ’d buy a little house ; 

I ’d have apple-trees, and pear ; 

I ’d plant and mow, 

And dig and hoe. 

And never feel a care. 

If I were only rich, 

I ’m sure that I would be 

The captain of a merchant-ship, 

To sail across the sea. 

I ’d go to sunny France, 

To Portugal and Spain. 

How proud of me. 

My friends would be, 

When I came back again ! 

If I were only rich, 

I ’d like to be a dude ; 

I ’d wear the latest style in dress. 
And live on dainty food. 

I ’d walk upon the street 
To make the people stare; 

I ’d swing my cane. 

And smiles I ’d gain 
From ev’ry passing fair. 

If I were only rich. 

Of this I ’m very sure : 

I ’d spend my time and money, too. 
In caring for the poor. 


FATHER GANDERS MELODIES. 


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I ’d teach them not to smoke or chew, 
Or drink, to their distress; 

And every day, 

I ’d show the way, 

The bright way, to success. 


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FATHER GANDERS MELODIES, 



Jane’s doll had a hole in the top of her head, 
Through which, every day, that dollie was fed. 
Bread-crumbs and cookies, and jelly and jam, 

Into that hole, every day, Jane did cram. 

It followed, that after such excellent feeding, 

The doll came to life, and showed her good breeding 
By making a courtesy, and saying, “ Miss Jane, 

My Queen you shall be, and long may you reign.” 


FATHER GANDERS MELODIES, 



I ’d like to be a kitten ! Would n ’t I ? 

' To walk upon my hind-legs I would try. 

The people would exclaim, 

I To see a puss so tame, 

And would feed me on their sweet preserves and 


Cherries and apples and peaches and pears. 
For anything better than they are, who cares. 



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FATHER GANDERS MELODIES, 



This little speckled frog jumped up, with a great sigh; 

He ’d ate a piece of fly-cake, and a mosquito-pie. 

Said he, “ I ’m going to migrate ; a wig I must buy. 

A green frog with a curly head no one would care to fry.” 


FATHER GANDERS MELODIES, 


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Said the dog to the cat: 

“ Pray, what have you done 
For the good of the world? 

You but scamper and run.” 
Said the cat, in reply: 

“ I kill ev’ry rat ! 

Pray, what have you done 
That is better than that?” 


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FATHER GANDERS MELODIES. 


“ I chase all strange cats ! 

That fact is well known. 

I walk with my master, 

And pick ev’ry bone.” 

“ Indeed that you do ! ” 

Replied Pussy. “ ’T would be 
To your credit, I think. 

If you left some for me.” 


“ I WISH I were handsome ! ” Miss Lucy said ; 
“ My skin is brown and my hair is red ; 

No one will ever say to me. 

You ’re just as pretty as you can be.” 

Don’t sigh, Lucy, if you but knew, 

When friends look into your eyes of blue. 
That tell of a heart that is brave and true. 
They think no one so handsome as you. 


Tom and Will on an outing went; 

They carried a kettle, a boat, and tent; 
They said they would stay a week or two, 
But hurried home as dark it grew. 


FATHER GANDERS MELODIES, 


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Young Master Jack, alack! alack! 

Got tired of everything, white or black. 

They gave him a goat with bandy-legs. 

And fed him on butter and cheese and eggs. 


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FATHER GANDERS MELODIES, 



Little Miss Sweet had an armful of wheat, 

And was trotting along, quite gay. 

The lambs made her laugh ; but she cried when the 
Stole her bundle of wheat away. 


FATHER GANDEHS MELODIES, 


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Old man Benny sat on his shed, 

And fiddled as though he was out of his head ; 
He fiddled and fiddled every day, 

To make his cabbages grow, they say. 


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FATHER GANDERS MELODIES. 



Two little kittens, black, 
Were tied up in a sack; 
The string it slipped. 
Away they skipped, 
And never did come back. 


FATHER GANDERS MELODIES. 


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Two little girls from school 
Ran out to ride a mule ; 

The day was hot, 

But they were not, 

For they landed in a pool 

Two little birds at play 
Were asked the time of day. 
They saw a gun. 

And said in fun : 

“ ’T is time we flew away.” 


Little Sally Blue-eyes 
Tried to draw a cow. 

Up came sister Molly with, 

“ Let me show you how. 
Here ’s a cow, do see her ! 

She ’s going through a bog.” 
“ Pshaw ! ” said little Sally, 

“ It looks more like a frog.” 


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FATHER GANDER'S MELODIES. 



This is a funny Thermometer man ; 

He ’ll let you know if you need blanket or fan, 
If the weather is cold, he’ll shrink to naught; 
But he swells with importance when it is hot 


FATHER GANDERS MELODIES, 


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What shall I sing about now? 

The cat, or the dog, or the cow? 

Or little boy blue, who took off his shoe. 
And to put it on didn’t know how; 


Sun and moon and stars in the sky. 
Everything beautiful, far and nigh, — 

Birds and animals, trees and flowers! 

What a wonderful place is this world of ours! 


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FATHER GANDER'S MELODIES, 



Poor old Johnny Jumping- Jack, 

He has to work so hard, 

Before he goes to bed each night 
They grease his joints with lard; 
Early in the morning, and 
All day, he works at kicking: 

The only thing that saves him, is. 
They feed him on Spring chicken. 


FATHER GANDERS S AIELOBIES, 


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“ Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, come spell your name ! ” 

“ That I have tried to do, time and again. 

All the letters I know are m-e-u ; 

They do not spell Pussy — now do they? Say true.” 


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FATHER GANDER'S MELODIES. 



Take some balls of dough ; 
Place them in a row; 

Bake them brown ; 

Then go to town, 

And eat them as you go. 


How many letters to spell Katie? 
Only two letters: how can that be? 


FATHER GANDER’S MELODIES, 


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“ Say, little girl, will you be my wife ? 

I ’ll love you all the days of my life ; 

I ’ll buy you a gown, and a golden ring, 
And make you as happy as birds that sing.” 


A DOG, while gnawing a nice shin-bone, 
Was taken up by a fierce cyclone. 

He couldn’t get down he went so far; 
You see him now as the big Dog Star. 



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FATHER GANDER'S MELODIES. 



Baby took a step ahead, 

Then he tumbled down. 

I wonder, oh, I wonder, 

If he ’ll ever walk to town ! 


Ten black crows found a field of corn. 

But could not eat till the man was gone. 
They waited an hour for him to go. 

And then discovered ’twas an old scare-crow. 


FATHER GANDEWS MELODIES. 


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Sing about a woman; 

Sing about a girl ; 

Sing about a little boy 
Who has a yellow curl; 

Sing about a lovely doll, 

In tiny shoes of leather: 

Sing about the whole of them, 
Off to town together. 


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FATHER GANDEHS MELODIES, 



What makes the sunset red and blue, 
And bright as gold with yellow, too? 
Oh, who can tell? — I wish I knew. 
What makes the baby’s eyes so blue; 
What makes the baby’s cheek so red, 
And hair like gold on baby’s head! 


FATHER GANDEHS MELODIES. 


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“Why can’t the sun come out, mamma? 

I think it ’s horrid weather ! 

Just drizzle, drizzle, mist and rain. 

For three long days together. 

“ But, as you said, the grass and trees 
And flowers all enjoy 
This drizzling rain, that spoils the play 
Of every girl and boy. 

“ The sun will soon come out again ; 
Forgotten, then, will be. 

These days of drizzle, mist, and rain, 
That seem so long to me.” 


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FATHER GANDER'S MELODIES. 



Look at Patsy Verydull! 

He ran against a stump, 

And hurt his toe ; upon his head, 

He had a dreadful bump. 

Then with his stick he beat the stump, 
With all the strength he had. 

Was ever boy so silly as 

Young Patsy, when quite mad! 

I wonder if he thinks the stump, 

Next time, to him will say, 

“ I ’m sorry I am in your path, 

Please go the other way.” 


FATHER GANDERS MELODIES. 


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Johnny Green, if you had your wish, 
Would you be animal, bird, or fish ? 

Said Johnny Green, with a smile and wink. 
“ I ’d rather be Johnny Green, I think.” 


FATHER GANDERS MELODIES. 



Scissors, needles, spool of thread. 
Cloth as tall as mamma’s head ; 
Fit it to the baby’s form. 

Make a dress to keep him warm. 


FATHER GANDERS MELODIES. 


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Little fishes, how they squirm ! 
Papa’ll catch them with a worm. 
Mama ’ll cook them in the pot ; 
Papa ’ll eat them while they ’re hot. 


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FATHER GANDERS MELODIES, 



“Come along, Jenny; let’s go to the fair!” 
“How can I go? I have nothing to wear.” 
“What do you want?” “A bonnet will do, 
With ribbons put on in the style that is new.” 


FATHER GANDERS MELODIES. 


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“ Katy-did, Katy-did ! ” 

What did Katy do? 

She broke the pitcher, spilt the milk, 
And lied about it, too. 

Much better ’t would have been for her, 
Had she the truth confessed; 

But Katy was a coward, 

So thought a lie was best. 

And that is why the insects, 

That ’mong the leaves are hid. 

Sing out in glee, from ev’ry tree, 

What naughty Katy did. 

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FATHER GANDEHS MELODIES. 



This is a surly fellow, his name is Alarm Clock; 

He talks from one day to the next, and only says, “ Tic] 
tock!” 

But sometimes in the morning, if he sees a sleepy-head, 
He ’ll scold with ev’ry word he knows, to get him out of bee 
And “ Tick, tock, tick, tock,” means for you 
To do the work you have to do. 


FATHER GANDERS MELODIES, 


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Little Miss Greedy — oh, my! — 

Ate the whole of a blueberry-pie ; 

Her mamma, though it shocked her, 
Cried : “ Send for the doctor, 

Or the child will assuredly die I ” 


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FATHER GANDERS MELODIES. 



Little boy Elf 
Got up on the shelf, 

And there he the sugar-bowl found 
As though doing stumps, 

He chewed at the lumps. 

Without ever once looking ’round. 


FATHER GANDERS MELODIES. 


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Muggins was a yellow dog; 

When autumn leaves were thick, 
He ’d roll among them merrily, 

And to his wool they 'd stick. 
Once, up he got and ran about; 

The children’s shouts I heard, — 

“ Let ’s go and pick the feathers out 
Of our four-legged bird/’ 


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FATHER GANDERS MELODIES. 



This little boy is a Lapp; 

You’ll find where he lives on the map. 
His house is a hut, 

Well furnished with smut; 

And he plays with a dog and a strap. 


FATHER GANDERS MELODIES, 


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Once a learned man 
Counted all the stars; 

He counted all the planets 
From Uranus to Mars. 

When asked to count the eyelet- 
Holes upon a shoe; 

He turned as pale as a clipper’s sail, — 
For that he could not do. 





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FATHER GANDERS MELODIES. 



Once on a time, 

A ginger-bread man 
Made up his mind 

To jump out of the pan; 
Upstairs and downstairs, 

He hastily ran. 

Crying : “ Save me ! Oh, save me 
If any one can ! ” 


FATHER GANDER’S MELODIES. 


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Said the ash to the oak: 

“Oh, my! What a joke! 

That teacher, why he 
Cut a big branch of me 
To punish the boys 
Who were making a noise ! ” 
Said the oak to the ash : 

“ I consider that rash, 

For, Great Guns and Powder! 
Their noise will be louder.” 


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FATHER GANDEHS MELODIES. 



Old Thomas Cat sat on a fence, 

And there began to sing: 

“’Tis funny how the people love 
To throw me everything. 

I Ve heard sweet singers of their kind, 
Whose songs brought but a penny ; 
But gifts they shower upon me. 

Are varied, and so many! 


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I cannot take them with me, 

Yet I hate with them to part; 
I ’d surely make my fortune, 

If I owned a horse and cart.” 


Blow, March winds, and drift the snow! 

What care we how cold you are I 
On our hearths the fires glow ; 

From our hearts dull care is far. 

To the poor we’ll carry food; 

To the birds our crumbs we ’ll throw. 
What care we if you are rude! 

Blow, March winds, and drift the snow.! 


When papa bought some candy 
For his little girl, said he: 

“ If Flossy, now, is generous, 

She ’ll give a bite to me.” 

“ A big, big man like papa 
Wants candy? That is queer! 
Why, you may have the whole of it! 
Do take it, papa, dear!” 


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FATHER GANDER’S MELODIES. 



A PAN and a pitcher and skillet, 

All started out for a ride ; 

But a man took the pitcher to fill it, 

From a brook that ran near the roadside. 


FATHER GANDERS S MELODIES. 


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A girl took the skillet to pick in, 

For berries were plentiful there. 

“ Oh, dear ! ” cried the pan, “ next a chicken. 
They ’ll be cooking in me, I declare ! ” 


A DANDY giraffe went out on a raft. 

To find a new land o’er the sea. 

His neck was too long, the raft was not strong. 

So into the water went he. 

How every one laughed, when that dandy giraffe 
Pushed his head out of the sea, 

Saying : “I’m not mistaken, my faith is not shaken : 
There ’s land at the bottom for me I ” 


“ Say, little girl, if you wish to speak. 

Tell how you pass the days of the week.” 
“Monday, I wash, Tuesday, I iron; 
Wednesday, I go my new dress to try on ; 
Thursday I’ll cook both puddings and pies; 
Friday, I’ll call on friends that I prize; 
Saturday, sure, I ’ll ride out of town ; 
Sunday, to church I ’ll wear my new gown.” 







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